Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS New York, NY

NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - ONE OF THE WORST COASTAL STORMS EVER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1250 PM EST FRI DEC 11 1992

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND
INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON OVER NEARBY NORTHERN
AND WESTERN SUBURBS...
...FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 3:15 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST AND
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...NEW YORK CITY...
AND LONG ISLAND...
...STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...

AN INTENSE STORM CENTER OVER DELAWARE BAY AT NOON TIME HAS BASHED
THE METROPOLITAN AREA WITH WIND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE AND SOME OF
THE WORST COASTAL FLOODING EVER ASSOCIATED WITH A NOREASTER.

TIDES WERE REPORTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE THIS MORNING.  THIS PUSHED TIDE LEVELS CLOSE TO IF NOT EXCEEDING
THE ALL-TIME RECORD TIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NOREASTERS IN 1950.

WIDESPREAD TIDAL FLOODING AND DAMAGE WERE REPORTED AT ALL COASTAL
LOCATIONS AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.  LAGUARDIA AIRPORT WAS CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING.  THE FDR AND HARLEM RIVER DRIVES HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.  ALL THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED NEAR THE SOUTH SHORE
OF LONG ISLAND.  WATER REACHED AS FAR INLAND AS MONTAUK HIGHWAY
ON LONG ISLAND.  SEVERE FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN MONMOUTH COUNTY
WITH MAIN ROADWAYS AND THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
SEVERAL TOWNS ALONG THE COAST HAVE DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
THE SEA WALL COLLAPSED AT CEDAR GROVE BEACH...A CONDO COMPLEX COLLAPSED
AT HIGHLAND.

FLOODING HAS EXTENDED AS FAR NORTH UP THE HUDSON RIVER AS PEEKSKILL
AND STONY POINT WHERE A TRAILER PARK HAD TO BE EVACUATED.

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO BE THREE TO FOUR FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT TIMES OF
HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF
MAJOR FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH THE
ACTUAL STORM TIDE SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY BELOW THIS MORNING/S RECORD
LEVEL.

WIND GUSTS UP TO HURRICANE FORCE HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA.
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE
REGION WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN PROGRESS ACROSS LONG ISLAND AT
THIS TIME.  WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS
ON...BUT GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET...
ESPECIALLY ON LONG ISLAND.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES IN NEW YORK CITY...
LONG ISLAND AND NEARBY NEW JERSEY AND LOWER WESTCHESTER COUNTY HAS
CAUSED WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING AND SOME STREAMS IF NOT ALREADY...
SHOULD BE OVERFLOWING THEIR BANKS.

MEANWHILE HEAVY SNOW IS IN PROGRESS THROUGHOUT HIGHER TERRAIN IN
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND MOST OF ORANGE COUNTY.  THE HEAVY WET
SNOW HAS DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES THROUGHOUT THESE AREAS WITH
UP TO 14 INCHES REPORTED.  AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO FIVE INCHES
CAN ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE HEAVY SNOW TAPERS OFF.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CATASTROPHIC WEATHER WILL
SLOWLY DRIFT OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

IF YOUR AREA IS BEING EVACUATED...LISTEN TO EMERGENCY MANAGERS.
IF NOT...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN DOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BLOWN IN THROUGHOUT OUR AREA.  DO NOT DRIVE
UNLESS ITS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.  DON/T BE A FOOL DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  THE LIFE YOU SAVE TODAY WILL BE
YOUR OWN.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE OUT BY 5 PM.

GIGI

NYZ014>017-023-024-NJZ001-005-007-015-120200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - ONE OF THE WORST COASTAL STORMS EVER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
345 PM EST FRI DEC 11 1992

...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND
INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT OVER NEARBY NORTHERN
AND WESTERN SUBURBS...
...FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 600 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST AND
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY...NEW YORK CITY...
AND LONG ISLAND...
...STORM WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT...

AN INTENSE STORM CENTER THAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
DELAWARE AND DELAWARE BAY CONTINUES TO POUND THE METROPOLITAN
AREA WITH WIND GUSTS CLOSE TO HURRICANE FORCE AND PRODUCED
SOME OF THE WORST COASTAL FLOODING EVER ASSOCIATED WITH A NOREASTER.
ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

TIDES WERE REPORTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE THIS MORNING.  THIS PUSHED TIDE LEVELS CLOSE TO IF NOT EXCEEDING
THE ALL-TIME RECORD TIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NOREASTERS IN 1950 AND 1953.

TIDES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEARLY COMPRABLE TO THIS MORNING RUNNING
ABOUT 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.  REMEMBER SOME OF THE PROTECTION
FROM THE OCEAN INCLUDING SEA WALLS AND SHORE LINE HAVE BEEN ERODED...
WEAKENED AND COMPROMISED.

WHILE WE ARE NEARING LOW TIDE...THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE PREVENTING
TIDES TO RECEDE TO THEIR NORMAL LEVELS AND ARE STILL RUNNING ABOUT
3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.  HIGH TIDE TONIGHT WILL BE AT 852 PM
AT SANDY HOOK...911 PM AT MONTAUK POINT ON THE NORTH SIDE...928 PM AT
THE BATTERY...1207 AM SATURDAY AT WILLETS POINT AND 1220 AM AT PORT
JEFFERSON.

WIND GUSTS HAVE BEGUN TO COME DOWN A LITTLE DURING THE LAST TWO
HOURS...WITH THE HIGHEST GUST OF 69 MPH RECORDED AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT.
MOST OTHER GUSTS AROUND THE AREA ARE BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES IN NEW YORK CITY...
LONG ISLAND AND NEARBY NEW JERSEY AND LOWER WESTCHESTER COUNTY HAS
CAUSED WIDESPREAD URBAN FLOODING AND SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS HAVE
OVERFLOWN THEIR BANKS INCLUDING THE HACKENSACK...SAW MILL AND
BRONX RIVERS.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN APPEARS OVER FOR OUR AREA...ALTHOUGH
A STEADY LIGHTER RAIN SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION INTO TONIGHT.

SNOW HAS ALSO BEGUN TO BECOME LIGHTER OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS WITH
AMOUNTS HOLDING BETWEEN 10 AND 14 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF
ORANGE AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.  THE HEAVY WET SNOW HAS DOWNED NUMEROUS
TREES AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES IN THOSE AREAS.  WHILE
THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS COMING TO AN END...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE
FOR A WHILE INTO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AND COULD GIVE THOSE AREAS
AN EXTRA 3 TO 5 INCHES.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CATASTROPHIC WEATHER WILL
FINALLY BEGIN TO MOVE TONIGHT AND BE LOCATED SOUTH OF CAPE COD
ON SATURDAY.

WITH COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED TO COME CLOSE TO THIS MORNING/S
RECORD ALL PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND POLICE AND EVACUATE WHEN TOLD SO.
ALL PERSONS WHO DON/T LIVE NEAR COASTAL AREAS ARE ADVISED TO
AVOID DRIVING NEAR COASTAL AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.
IN INTERIOR SECTIONS STAY INDOORS AS THE SNOW WILL CAUSE EXTREMELY
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

ALL MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT REPEAT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS UNLESS THEY ARE SURE OF THE WATER/S DEPTH AND THAT THE
ROAD IS STILL THERE.

COASTAL TIDAL FLOODING WILL AGAIN OCCUR AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE SATURDAY
MORNING WITH TIDES RUNNING ABOUT THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL <BE ISSUED BY 8 PM.

GIGI